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Alex Salmond is facing a devastating defeat in next year’s Scottish
independence referendum, according to a new opinion survey.

The survey of more than 1,200 Scots shows that support for independence north
of the Border has plummeted to its lowest level since devolution in 1999 —
and the decline has gained pace since Mr Salmond’s Nationalist
administration came to power in Holyrood in 2007.

Backing for Scotland leaving the UK now sits at just 23 per cent, a drop of
nine points in a year. The annual Scottish
Social Attitudes survey shows that Scots are losing any appetite they
had for